Re: Unquoted column names fold to lower case

From: Vik Fearing <vik(dot)fearing(at)dalibo(dot)com>
To: Dev Kumkar <devdas(dot)kumkar(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Unquoted column names fold to lower case
Date: 2013-07-03 09:27:17
Message-ID: 51D3EE75.6010401@dalibo.com
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On 07/03/2013 11:12 AM, Dev Kumkar wrote:
> All unquoted identifiers are assumed by PostgreSQL to be lower case by
> default. This means
> - SELECT MY_COLUMN FROM my_table
> - SELECT my_column FROM my_table
> - SELECT my_column as MY_COLUMN FROM my_table
> All refer to my_column and has column name in lowercase as my_column.
>
> If the aliases are in upper case and quoted then those are returned in
> upper case.
> - SELECT my_column as "MY_COLUMN" FROM my_table
>
> Is there any workaround to set the alias columns to be returned as
> upper case with adding quotes.

There is no workaround because there is no bug.

> Is there any connection level parameter to flip this behavior?

No.

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